If a school district finds that one of its teachers has sexually harassed a student, a California court says the public has the right to see the records of the investigation. The ninth-grade teacher, …

UPDATE: Read Staff Writer Henry K. Lee’s story here. Bay City News Service and KTVU have reported that six people were injured in a shootout during a sweet sixteen party in Antioch on Saturday night. …

File this one under “criminal defendants who were a bit too clever for their own good.” Jasen Meyn’s house north of Napa caught fire in July 2006 while Meyn and his wife were away. They had bought the …

Update: This blog has been updated with slightly different inmate population figures, based on state reports. _____________________ Nearly six years after a federal judge took control of California’s …